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What is a cony?

What is a cony? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. A rabbit, especially the European rabbit, Oryctolagus cuniculus (formerly known as Lepus cuniculus).
  2. (Britain, dialect) Rabbit fur.
  3. Locally for other rabbit-like or hyrax-like animals, such as the Cape hyrax (das, dassie) or the pika (Ochotona princeps, formerly Lagomys princeps).
    1. Used in the Old Testament as a translation of Hebrew שָׁפָן‏ (shafan), thought to be the rock hyrax (Procavia capensis, syn. Hyrax syriacus).
  4. (obsolete) A simpleton; one who may be taken in by a cony-catcher.
  5. Several species of tropical west Atlantic groupers of family Epinephelidae, such as the mutton hamlet, graysby, Cuban coney, and rooster hind.
  6. (Britain, dialect) The burbot.
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